St Leonard Scarcliffe

St Leonard Scarcliffe medieval church of England with fascinating story of Lady Constanzia who is buried somewhere in the church. Beautiful tomb with her effigy.

We are open on for Sunday services on a fortnightly basis. We follow the Diocesan guidelines for Safeguarding and the phone number of the Parish safeguarding officer can be found on the notice board inside the church

We have exciting news here at St Leonard. At the PPC meeting last night it was announced the we have a new vicar. Not qu...
20/01/2026

We have exciting news here at St Leonard. At the PPC meeting last night it was announced the we have a new vicar. Not quite white smoke from the Vatican but exciting enough for us. We have been in a period of interregnum (between priests in charge) for the last two and half years. During this time we have been having visiting priest taking our services, which has a pleasant charm all in itself. We would like to thank those clergy who have been assisting us, it’s has been greatly appreciated. We are pleased to welcome Rev Esther (Rachma) Abbott who has been appointed by the Diocese of Derby. There will be a licensing service at Ault Hucknall Church at 3p.m. On Saturday the 7th of March, all are welcome.

The agricultural harvest has been early this year but here in the church we are sticking with our traditional calendar a...
05/10/2025

The agricultural harvest has been early this year but here in the church we are sticking with our traditional calendar and our having our Harvest Festival service and lunch at the beginning of October. We would invite you to join us on Sunday the 12th October at 10:30.a.m. for our service, this will be followed by our harvest lunch at 12p.m. We would welcome you to attend both the service and our harvest lunch but if you prefer you can join us for lunch only.

Tickets for lunch are on sale until Tuesday 7th October from Jill Adsetts at a cost of £12:50 per adult and £7:50 per child
Menu will be a traditional Pie and Pea lunch.

Please contact Jill on telephone 07795254724 if you would like to come along.

We look forward to seeing you.

31/07/2025

This Sunday our regular 10:30a.m. Service at St Leonard will be taken by Bishop Malcolm. We are only a small congregation on the very edge of the diocese so it’s really exciting for us to have a visit from one of our Bishops. We would invite all to come along and celebrate with us.

09/06/2025

We would like to invite you to join us at our forthcoming event at St Luke’s Mission in Palterton. The village is holding its popular scarecrow festival starting on Saturday 12th of July. In support of this St Luke’s mission will be open on the following weekend serving teas, coffees and cakes.
Friday 18th July 10:30a.m. - 7.00p.m.
Saturday 19th July 10:30a.m. - 6:30p.m.
Sunday 20th July 10:30a.m. -6:30p.m.
We would invite you to join us for light refreshments after you have walked around the village or possibly before you set off to fortify yourself before viewing, they are scarecrows after all!

28/03/2025

We have our Mothering Sunday service this Sunday(30th) Starting at 10:30a.m. All are welcome to join us.

11/03/2025

As we start to get ready for the highlight of the Christian year at Easter, we thought it would be a good time to publish a schedule of our forthcoming services.
All services start at 10:30 a.m. till around 11:30a.m.

Sunday 16th of March 2025 Revd Anette Love.
Sunday 30th of March 2025 Archdeacon Karen Hamvlin.
Sunday 13th of April 2025 Revd Anette Love.
Sunday 20th of April 2025 Revd Frank Mercurio. (Easter)
Sunday 27th of April 2025 Revd Frank Mercurio.
Sunday 11th of May 2025 Revd Frank Mercurio.
Sunday 25th of May 2025 Revd Frank Mercurio.
Sunday 08th of June 2025 Revd Frank Mercurio.
Sunday 22nd of June 2025 Revd Rachel Williams.
Sunday 06th of July 2025 Revd Frank Mercurio.
Sunday 20th of July 2025 Revd Frank Mercurio.
Sunday 03rd of August 2025 Bishop Malcolm.

We understand that modern life is very complicated with many demands on our time, maybe for those of you who are busy throughout the year Easter would be the perfect time to visit us and reaffirm your faith.

We would very much look forward to welcoming you to our church.

Join in with your local Church on World Day of Prayer.
17/02/2025

Join in with your local Church on World Day of Prayer.

We would like to remind people of our services over the festive period,Sunday 8th of December 10:30 a.m. communionSunday...
03/12/2024

We would like to remind people of our services over the festive period,
Sunday 8th of December 10:30 a.m. communion
Sunday 22nd of December 10:30a.m. Communion
Tuesday 24th of December 4:30p.m. Family Service. This was very popular last year, so arrive in plenty of time to take your seat.
Following the family service there will be a short break before our Christmas Eve communion at 6:30p.m.

We hope that you will join us during the run up to Christmas to celebrate this exciting time of year.

25/09/2024

Like many other Churches at this time of year, we celebrate the harvest festival. On Sunday 13th October 2024 we will be having our harvest festival service (10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ) everyone welcome. Following on we will be having a harvest lunch which will start half an hour later at 12p.m. to give us time to reorganise the church.
Menu will be Meat and Potato pie with peas followed by Apple Crumble for dessert.
No alcohol will be available but you are welcome to bring your own to drink with your meal.
Cost £12:50 per adult, children £5
All profits will be used for the upkeep of the church. Currently we are battling with water ingress in the Tower which is in need of urgent repair.

Why not do something different on Sunday and come and join us, take part in a traditional village activity knowing that you are also helping to keep an iconic building in good shape.

Please let us know if you would like tickets by contacting Elaine Chappell on 01246 825717 by Friday 4th of October and leave a message on her answer phone. You don’t have to attend the service you can just join us for lunch, it’s for all the village not just our congregation.
We look forward to welcoming you to our harvest celebration.

24/09/2024

St Leonard’s Church will be having an open day between 11a.m. and 4p.m. on Saturday the 12th of October 2024. There will be an extensive display of photographs of Scarcliffe in bygone ages for viewing. For those of you with family roots in the village you may even be able to spot a relative or two !

In addition there will be light refreshments available to purchase. All the proceeds will be given to the church funds to be used in the upkeep of the building.

We will be please to welcome you to come down and spend a short while enjoying our beautiful Church and looking at a pictorial history of ‘Old Scarcliffe’.

Last week we spent a pleasant hour during the afternoon with our diocesan lead Bishop Libby during her tour of the deane...
14/05/2024

Last week we spent a pleasant hour during the afternoon with our diocesan lead Bishop Libby during her tour of the deanery. As you would expect she led a short prayer tour around the church, but the main topic of conversation was what a great place Scarcliffe is to live. Sometimes you just have to stand still and look at the blessing around you.

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Main Street Scarcliffe
Chesterfield
S446TE

Opening Hours

10am - 11:30am

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